poem Refugee Mother and child African literature

1. Refugee Mother
and Child
CHIRAGKUMAR SOLANKI
MA SEM : 4
ROLL NUM : 4
Enrolment No : 2069108420180049
BANCH : 2017-19
Submitted To : Department Of English, MKBU

2. INTRODUCTION
• Chinua Achebe is a great
Nigerian novelist poet and short
story writer.
• His first novel “Things Fall Apart”
has been translated into 45
languages.
• His poem “Refugee Mother and
Child” is a celebration of
motherhood

3. Refugee Mother and Child
• It is a refugee camp somewhere
in Africa.
• The poet gives us a realistic
picture of a mother and her
child
• Hundreds of poor people are
thrown out of their homes
• In this their children are slowly
dying of poverty and diseases.
• The poet introduces a poor
ordinary
• The poet uses the words ‘ghost’
and ‘rust’ as metaphors of
death.

4. Compared with St.Mary
• The poet draws our attention
to a particular mother and
her child
• They are compared with
St.Mary holding Jesus in her
arms.
• Madonna loves her child
because Jesus is the saviour
of mankind and the son of
God
• But the refugee mother
cannot be proud of any such
achievement of her poor son

5. Compared with St.Mary
• The mother know her child is slowly dying. It is
of no use caring for him.
• They don’t want to further waste their time
and energy and love for the dying children

6. Refugee Mother
• But This mother is very
different from other mothers
• She loves her child with divine.
• She does not want anything in
return for her love and
sacrifice.
• She carefully parts the hair as
if she were preparing him to
school

7. Continues……
• She does not want
anything in return for her
love and sacrifice.
• She carefully parts the hair
as if she were preparing
him to school
• She is kissing his forehead.
It was an act of putting
flowers in his small coffin
the last love of a mother to
her son

8. Love Differences

9. Thank You…